Can we just get one thing straight on here Miki i find it hard to believe you have a GCE but if you say so it must be true, I am not on here just to bump up my posting numbers like most of you who have replied to the original posting by Dan,I am also not desperate for other expats company, I am very happy in the place I chose to live in France I just thought that Dans idea of a get together once in a while with other young expats & there family's would be quiet nice,obviously this rather simple question has now turned into a mass debate by a lot mass debators about everything but the original question asked,I have only just joined this forum & from what I have seen so far this is a forum for people who want to increase there posting numbers rather than have any decent input into a conversation,so the question has to be asked who is the sad one? you sitting on here all day long going up the ranks or people who want to meet other people & broaden there social life.so please if you haven't got anything decent to say don't say it, leave the space for someone who might.[:D]